Williams, who earns $US13 million annually (making him America’s 4th overall highest-paid news broadcaster), admitted to confusing parts of a story he shared on-air about riding in a helicopter shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade in 2003. On Wednesday, after multiple military members questioned his personal account, which he has repeated on numerous occasions, he apologised on-camera to his audience.

Since then, Williams’ coverage of Hurricane Katrina and other notable accounts are under internal investigation.